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JAMES HOWARD WARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 13, 1945 – February 1, 1969
Service recordJames Howard Ward, of Homewood, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 35
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Homewood, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 35
- HENRY GERARD SCHULTECorporal · February 1, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1969
- JAMES LEROY WOODWORTHCorporal · February 1, 1969
- JIMMY EDD ABERNATHYSpecialist Five · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD NICHOLSCaptain · Panel 33W, Line 33
From Homewood
- MALLEN PHILIP OTTO ZUM JRFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL COFRANSergeant · March 18, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OSKILANECLance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD MCGRATHLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- PARK GEORGE BUNKERCaptain · December 30, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.